During last year, sales of chicken increased by 31.8%, from an average 11 million birds per month in 2004 to 14.5 million in 2005, according to poultry producer Carlomagno Gonzalez. Diario Libre reports that this shows that Dominicans are consuming more animal proteins. During a meeting with the government’s agriculture team led by Agriculture Secretary Amilcar Romero, chicken, eggs, and pork producers agreed that the macroeconomic stability and support of the government has permitted an increase in profitability without changing the products’ prices.